Camera attachment.



M. FLU.

CAMERA ATZCHMENT. Hummm mio lun: 6. 1916.

Patented D06. Il, 1917.

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CAMERA ATTACHMENT. APPL'lcMmm FILED mmm' m16.

Patented Dec. 11, 19T?.

V l I I l l l r i T T l ,r l l n l l T 1 T T T l l T T I y tration with slss vbe positively turned by thev movement ci? t e member 29 rests` in a recess 30 in a Wheel 31. rlhe latter is connected with a. gear 32, vsee F ig. 2, which in turn meshes with the gear 33, this gear in turn meshing with the gear 34l on a shaft 35.. rlhe latter bears a pinion 36 Whichl is opposed by s spring 46. When, however,

the spring e6 is allowed to act Without opposition it holds the rollers L3 end l2 closely to ether.

onsider now F 1. The film 47 is carried by the spool 48 and is drawn over the rollers 4:9, at the rear of the camere in the usual manner and then is passed forwardly, the thumb-piece l5 being turned so as to push the shafts of the rollers 43 and Ll2 apart,

thereby permitting the threading of the film between the rollers 42 and 43. rl`he film is passed around the" sleeve 16 being secured to it in any suitable manner as by passing it under e thin strip of metal 50. The spool may be turned so as to drew the lm tight and to Wind enough or it on the spool to permit it to drew the remainder Without slipping.

The hey l is now turned so as to pertially Wind up the spring 6 and this through the 'medium or the gears 6 and 9 and the stub shaft 10, will cause s movement of the shaft" 11 tei'idiiig` to Wind up the springs 13- and` 15. New the sleeve 16 has at one end e slot 16s arrangedtc fit over a pin 12b see Fig. 10, in the cylinder 12 when the slot 16Ex and the pin ere in registration. This will occur either when the paper is being woundon the sleeve by hand or it will occur When the inner cylinder 12 is moving with respect to the sleeve if the latter has not been pushed clean7 on to the cylinderv 12. lt may here be stated, that the sleeve 16 is removable from the cylinder 12, the letterbeing removable from its pivotal bearing 17 in precisely the seme ine-nner e film roll in the ordinary .hand camere. When the sleeve 16 has been pnshed downn'erdly and the movement of the cylinder 12 s the pin 12 into regisf then the sleeve will cylinder 12 so as to drew 'the hlm with it. Eno-ugh of the iilm is Wound on the sleeve 1 3.6 to' bring the film into position to talle the irst picture and this is ascertained by viewthe indications on the through the ruby Window.

it this point the thumb-piece 45 is manip. elated so es` to bring the rollers 3 end e2 leaving the device in position hlm hacking.

getest-l together. These rollers will clamp the film.-

tightly so that With the apparatus in the position. shown in Fig. 1, the key Ll may be Wound so as to cause a` tightening of the iprings 6, 13 and l5 Without. moving the It Will be observed from Fig. 7 thut the spring bar lel 5 is provided with :i series oi lugs 5X punched therefrom, which engage :L spring 51 Which is pushed aside when the spring is being wound up and which resists the reverse movement of the spring.

Now when the spring is Wound up the camera is ready for operation. The lever 19 a moment. rllhis will move the com members 25 and 26, see Fig. l, so as to cause a withdrawal of the tongue 29 from the slot 30 in the disk 31. There is nothing now to oppose the spring tension Within the Wheel or spool and the letter will, therefore, proceed to turn and Will draw the iilm between the rollers 42 and 43. This will actuate the dist'. 31 through the medium of the gears 33 end 32 and Will also cause the turning of the counter through the medium of the train of ges-rs 34, 36 and 37 thus moving thepointer 39. When now, the slot 30 in the dish 3l reaches the tongue 29 the letter will enter the slot and thereby prevent further movement of the lilm. This movement of the film of course, occurs Very rapidly. New on moving the lever still farther the shutter will be operated. in the ordinary manner and the picture will be taken on the film. ,ln

order to facilitate the movement of the lever 19 to its proper position l provide spring member 52, see Fig. 6, having e slight recess 53 into which the lever 19 will drop when the point of release of the operating mccheautomatically moved forward, und then by further movement of the lever 19 the shutter is opened for exposure.

ln making a. time exposure the erm which controls the shutter is drawn out in the usual manner, the lever 19 is pushed to tbc center of its swing so as to permit the lilm to change, then pushed to the limit of its swing to open the shutter, then the erin which controls the shutter is pushed in Wardly, causing the shutter to close 'to more the for the nent picture.

1. ln a camere hei/ing e film roll f' actuated 'spool arranged to receire of the film, ai pair of rollers arranged o clamp the film, means for spacing the roliers to permit the passage of the hlm thercbd tween, means including e dish provided with e slot, and e spring actuated tongue er lillllf: f

" meetelt ranged to enter-the slot fior preventing the -movement of the rollers, and means for movtween, means including a disk provided with a Slot, and a spring actuated tongue aru ranged to enter the slot for preventing the movement of the rollers, and means for moving said spring actuated tongue to release the disk, said means comprising a slidable carrier for said tongue having a Wedge shaped cam, a slidable rod having a Wedgeshaped cam arranged to engage the firstmentioned Wedge-Shaped cam to move the latter.

MARGARET FEILD. 

